Qix (Atari 400/800)
So I got my Atari 800XL out from the garage. It still works despite being out in the cold for months. Out of all the games I had for it, I enjoy Qix the most. Or at least that's what I thought. I forgot that you had to wait ten minutes after each death before it recognizes you die, then play the dying tune, and then you can start up again. You'd think that since you can't move when you die that it would recognize it right there and then, but no. It has to sloooooowly erase the line you were trying to make. And I hate those stupid sparks that go around the borders. They should eliminate those from the game. It makes it a lot harder. I want to play the game, not wait half an hour between each death, moron 800XL. So I'm impatient. I'm trying to amass my collection. Right now I have these:
Centipede
Donkey Kong Jr.
Galaxian
Missile Command
Pac-Man
Qix
Super Breakout
I'd count Frogger, too, but the stupid cart won't fit in there. So as you can see, I'm only collecting the basic Atari games at the moment because I'd actually like something that will fit into the cartridge slot. So anyway, that's what I've been doing for the last hour: Getting my ass handed to me by Qix. I think my best score is like 60,000. Once I cleared 96% of the board on level 1. But it's just the slow wait between deaths that I don't like.
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